Radiator cabinet



Dec. 9, 1930. J. H. BRYAN RADIATOR CABINET Filed April 25, 1929Attorneys Patented Dec. 9, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT, oFncr.

JOSEPH H. BRYAN, OF BIBMINGHAM, ALABAMA, ASSIGNOB 0F TWO-TKIRDS T AWALTER L. SIMPSON, OF BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA RADIATOR CABINET Applicationfiled April 25,

My invention relates to a radiator cabinet and has for its ob]ect theprovision of a de- Vice for the character designated which is of inwhich a humidifier is located and an insulating means along the innerside of the rear wall and cover of the cabinet to prevent an escape ofheat from the passage to the rear and to create an induced draft of airthrough the passage and over the humidifier.

As is well known, steam heating radiators create a very dry atmospherein a room unless some means he provided to supply moisture to the air.This has heretofore been accomplished, where radiator cabinets areemployed, by placing a water pan within the cabinet and directly on topof the radiator. I have found that the rate of evaporation with such anarrangement is too rapid.

If the size of the pan be made smaller, to lower the quantity of vaporsupplied to the air, the water is soon evaporated from the pan and it isneglected so that the purpose of the humidifier is defeated.

It is accordingly the prime object of my invention to provide a radiatorcabinet embodying a humidifier and in which the rate of evaporation ismaintained relatively low, whereby a pan of relatively large capacitymay be employed without supplying too much moisture to the air and whichwill require refilling at infrequent intervals.

The above object is accomplished by the provision of a passage at therear and extending across the top of the cabinet and in which thehumidifier is located. The passage is separated from the radiator bymetal partitions whereby the rate of heat transfer to the humidifier is.lessened. In addition, means are provided for creating a draft of airthrough the passage and over the humidi- My invention comprises furthernovel features, and details of construction, as will radiator cabinet1929. serialfao. 358,132.

be hereinafter set forth and shown in the accompanying draw1ngs,'where1nFig. 1 is aperspective View of my improved Fig. 2 is a sectional viewtaken line IIII of Fig. 1; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional View taken along the line III-III of Fig. 2.

Referring to the drawings,'I show a cabinet along the 5 which is adaptedto enclose a radiator 6 1 as shown in 20f the drawings. The

tical passage 17 merging with the horizontal passage." number of spacerblocks 18 are interposed between the rear wall and'partition 16 andsecured in position by means of bolts 19 passing therethroughwhich areadapted to engage the rear wall and partition to add rigiditythereto.Thelower end of the partition 16 is turned outwardly and joined to therear wall 10 of the cabinet to prevent dust laden air entering thebottom of the cabinet from passing upwardly into thepassage 17 A numberof openings 20 are'forme'd in v the rearwall 10 'to' allow a freepassageof air into the lower end of the vertical passage 17' for air whichrises through the vertical passage;17, and out through the horizontalpassage-14'.

A humidifier comprising a water pan 2 1 is mountedon the horizontalmetal partition 13, and i'n'the horizontal passage, to humidify the fairpassing therethro'ugh and is ,made

accessible by hinging the cover 12 as at 22. The rear wall 10 and thecover-12 are insulated on their inner sides by means'of any suitableheat insulating material 23 to prevent the escape of heat from-thepassages 14 and17 and also to protecttheouter painted U 10c 's'urfaces'by maintainingthem in a relati'vely cool state. t is well known thatpeople are accustomed to placing flower vases, etc., upon this form ofcabinet and the outer surface of the cover is soon marred if it is notkept in a cool state.

A pair of hand holes 24-, only one of which shown, are formed in thehorizontal partition 13, being located one on each side of thel.1n1niditier, and provided with suitable covers 25 which are hinged at26 to provide an access to a radiator valve 30. It is necessary toprovide ahand hole on each side of the cabinet as the radiator valvesare pro vided on either side of radiators.

In use the cover 12 is first raised to allow access to the water pan 2 1which is to be filled with water, after which, the hand hole cover 25 israised to allow access to the radiator valves to turn on the steam. Asthe air in the vertical passage 17 becomes heated it will rise and passover the humidifier, mounted in the horizontal passage 14:, to absorbwater therefrom and then pass through the grille 8 to heat and humiditythe air in the room. As the air rises in the vertical passage it willdraw cold air through the openings 20 which arelocated at a suitabledistance from the floor to avoid drawing dust and dirt therefrom.

It will be seen that the location of the humidifier in the passage whereit is separated from direct contact with the radiator reduces thetemperature to which it would otherwise be subjected, while the inducedcurrent of air flowing over it provides sufficient cooperation andmoisture for the room.

\Vhile I have shown my invention in but one form, it will be obvious tothose skilled in the art that it is not so limited but is susceptible ofvarious changes and modifications withoutdeparting from the spiritthereof and I desire therefore that only such limitations shall beplaced thereupon as are imposed by the prior art, or as are specificallyset forth in the appended claims.

\Vhat I claim is:

1. In a radiator cabinet embodying end walls, a rear wall, a grilledfront wall and a cover, a vertical partition secured in spaced relationto the rear wall to form a vertical passage, a horizontal partitionsecured in spaced relation to the cover to form a horizontal passagemerging with the vertical passage and opening through the grilled frontwall, a water pan mounted on the horizontal partition, means forinsulating the inner side of said rear wall and cover throughout thepassages, and hand holes provided in the horizontal partition tofacilitate the operat-ing of the radiator valves.

.2. In a radiator cabinet embodying end walls, a rear wall, a grilledfront wall and a cover, a vertical partition secured in spaced relationto the rear wall to-form a vertical passage and being joined to the rearwall at JOSEPH H. BRYAN.

